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Learning English Roots

tract
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix



tract
a continuous expanse of land or water, mineral deposit, etc.; stretch; extent; area
广阔的土地, 地域, 器官系统, 宣传小册子
Dissection of tract
tract = tract (draw; a drawing out);
tract = extent; area; a stretch of an area
Now Repeat my Dissection
Important roots for this word:
tract

Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
Repetition is the key to learning. Now please try to dissect the word into the roots that you know yourself in the box below:
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